{"title":"Books by Professor Darren Hudson Hick","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781350006904","title":"Introducing Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Place in garden, lawn, to beautify landscape.’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Don Featherstone’s plastic pink flamingos were first advertised in the 1957 Sears catalogue, these were the instructions. The flamingos are placed on the cover of this book for another reason: to start us asking questions. That’s where philosophy always begins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroducing Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art\u003c\/i\u003e is written to introduce students to a broad array of questions that have occupied philosophers since antiquity, and which continue to bother us today—questions like:\u003cbr\u003e    - Is there something special about something’s being art? Can a mass-produced plastic bird have that special something?\u003cbr\u003e    - If someone likes plastic pink flamingos, does that mean they have bad taste? Is bad taste a bad thing?\u003cbr\u003e    - Do Featherstone’s pink flamingos mean anything? If so, does that depend on what Featherstone meant in designing them?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach chapter opens using a real world example — such as Marcel Duchamp’s signed urinal, \u003ci\u003eThe Exorcist\u003c\/i\u003e, and the ugliest animal in the world — to introduce and illustrate the issues under discussion.  These case studies serve as touchstones throughout the chapter, keeping the concepts grounded and relatable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith its trademark conversational style, clear explanations, and wealth of supporting features, \u003ci\u003eIntroducing Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art\u003c\/i\u003e is the ideal introduction to the major problems, issues, and debates in the field. Now expanded and revised for its second edition, \u003ci\u003eIntroducing Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art\u003c\/i\u003e is designed to give readers the background and the tools necessary to begin asking and answering the most intriguing questions about art and beauty, even when those questions are about pink plastic flamingos.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56298011394421,"sku":"9781350006904","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781350006904_ea413df0-1f5d-4171-8f5d-f0b241482c25.jpg?v=1786017941"},{"product_id":"9781350256767","title":"Introducing Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art","description":"\u003cp\u003eAesthetics and the philosophy of art are about things in the world – things like the \u003ci\u003eMona Lisa\u003c\/i\u003e, but also things like horror movies, things like the ugliest dog in the world, and things like wallpaper. There’s a surprising amount of philosophical content to be found in wallpaper.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Using a case-driven approach, \u003ci\u003eIntroducing Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art \u003c\/i\u003eis grounded in real-world examples that propel thought, debate, and discussion about the nature of art and beauty. Now in its third edition, this tried-and-tested text features fresh cases and new activities. Hands-on \u003ci\u003eDo Aesthetics! \u003c\/i\u003eactivities pepper the text, and \u003ci\u003eChallenge Cases\u003c\/i\u003e appear at the end of each chapter to test intuitions, to complicate the field of discussion, and to set a path forward. Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wall-Paper” serves as a recurring case throughout, and this edition includes the full text of this classic short story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From classical debates that continue to bother philosophers today, to emerging problems of identity, appropriation, and morality, this introduction is designed to engage you in a field that itself engages with so much of the world around you. Here is everything you need to know about the history, themes, thinkers and theories to get you started on aesthetics and the philosophy of art.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56298062938485,"sku":"9781350256767","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781350256767_3aef84b5-1a82-4007-a607-bbcf0ce35447.jpg?v=1786018057"},{"product_id":"the-love-of-analog-1","title":"The Love of Analog","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl records. Board games. Paperback books. Film. A philosopher dives into the analog world to show what it offers us and what it says about our values.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePacked with first-person anecdotes, hand-drawn illustrations, and extensive scholarship, Darren Hudson Hick takes us through the pleasure of board games and jigsaw puzzles and inside the values of materiality, care, and agency. Hick moves from pinball machines and first editions to meditative cleaning and pottery to introduce us to key ideas in value theory, everyday aesthetics, virtue theory, and care ethics, alongside findings from psychology, anthropology, and sociology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat accounts for the resurgence of analog media? Why are we buying all this stuff? Hick approaches these questions from a pragmatist perspective — a view that demands drawing on personal experience to better understand the values that pervade our daily lives. The result is a lively and informed exploration of material culture that tells us a surprising amount about ourselves and how we live.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhenever we set up a board game, dust a record, load a roll of film, or sit down with a coloring book, we get to think about what we value. \u003ci\u003eThe Love of Analog\u003c\/i\u003e is a study in what’s important to us. 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